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Andy Burnham's government will nationalise Avanti West Coast in March, years after he blamed its managers as Greater Manchester mayor for chaos on the Manchester to London line. In 2024 he sat on a Transport for the North board that urged ministers to strip Avanti of its contract. As prime minister, he echoed his transport secretary on Sunday, saying enough was enough.
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